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Denhams Beach - Rooster Tail, Australia

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North end of Surf Beach, Surf Beach, New South Wales, 2020
Near Denhams Beach - Rooster Tail. Photo: Grahamec, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Denhams Beach - Rooster Tail

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces E (95°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (275°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 4–14 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 550 m out (1 in 55). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 17°C in August, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 23°C in February, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7; in October, November and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Batemans Bay, 6.3 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 31 h 05 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to MYA, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD).

    See flights MDW → MYA · Skyscanner from about £830 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 40 min from the airport to Denhams Beach - Rooster Tail.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct73 ft6 smushy48kJ22°C
Tue 20Oct72 ft5 smushy23kJ23°C
Wed 21Oct93 ft5 smushy37kJ24°C
Thu 22Oct93 ft5 smushy40kJ23°C
Fri 23Oct104 ft5 smushy56kJ23°C
Sat 24Oct155 ft6 smushy132kJ26°C
Sun 25Oct294 ft7 smushy163kJ18°C
Mon 26Oct214 ft7 smushy130kJ22°C
Tue 27Oct123 ft5 smushy54kJ17°C
Wed 28Oct52 ft6 smushy30kJ16°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Tue 20 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly MDW to MYA, changing at LAX and SYD, then 40 min by road. About 31h 05 door to door

  2. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  3. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  4. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  5. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 5 ft at best.

  6. Sun 25 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 5 ft at best.

  7. Mon 26 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to MYA, changing at LAX and SYD, then 40 min by road. About 31h 05 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Batemans Bay each day: Denhams Beach - Rooster Tail, Mosquito Bay, Mosquito bay Bommie.

The trip from Batemans Bay, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,485–£2,865 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to MYA, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX and SYD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£830–£1,725
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£30–£50
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£240–£395
Food7 days eating out£245–£455
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£105–£175
Total£1,485–£2,865

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Batemans Bay

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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